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ancianita

(36,137 posts) Tue Dec 10, 2013, 09:09 AM Dec 2013

OBAMA'S MEMORIAL SPEECH IN HONOR OF MADIBA

America's best representative before the world honors us all. Thank you, Mr. President.

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OBAMA'S MEMORIAL SPEECH IN HONOR OF MADIBA (Original Post) ancianita Dec 2013 OP

Uplifting ending. ancianita Dec 2013 #1

Pity there's so little attention here to such a fine speech. nt ancianita Dec 2013 #2

Guantanamo amcgrath Dec 2013 #3

Oh, you can't be serious. Well, welcome to DU. ancianita Dec 2013 #4

ancianita

(36,137 posts)

1. Uplifting ending.

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 10:12 AM

Dec 2013

“When the night grows dark, when injustice weighs heavy on our hearts, when our best laid plans seem beyond our reach, let us think of Madiba, and the words that brought him comfort within the four walls of his cell:

‘It matters not how straight the gate,
how charged the punishment, the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.’ “